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Hearing Aids and Politics

We talk a lot about how digital hearing aids can help people live better lives, but that usually doesn’t include politics. However, in a story that didn’t see many headlines last year, our business saw an opportunity to better serve our customers (current and future) when the FDA changed some of the requirements for hearing aids by mail.

Bi-partisan sponsorship of a bill is pretty rare these days, but hearing health is a universal issue that affects millions. Our congressional representatives recognize that the pursuit of happiness shouldn’t be held back by hearing loss. We believe that the benefits far outweigh the risks, especially when digital hearing aids are purchased from legitimate businesses.

Illinois has understood this longer than many states, and so our company operates here, as well as in the other states where digital hearing aids have been allowed. Hearing Help Express has been sending hearing aids by mail to customers since 1979. Since H.R. 1652 was proposed, we see lots of new hearing aid businesses enter the market, but none of them can match our experience, value, or customer service.

American Technology Leads the Way

If you consider a television from 20 years ago versus a modern television today, it’s a pretty big difference. When flat-panel TVs first entered the market, even the cheapest sets were thousands of dollars. Now, you can buy a huge, high-definition, smart TV for only hundreds of dollars. Hearing aids have been on a similar path.

With the move to digital, hearing aids got smaller and processed much more information. That means a tiny, digital device can now filter background noise, reduce or remove feedback, and help with creating spatial awareness for the user. Many people still think that hearing aids are stuck in the old-school pricing model, but that’s just not the case. Our most expensive device starts at $999 per hearing aid, for example, and our most popular models are closer to $500 each. Just like televisions, you get a lot more for your money these days.

Since there is low risk and high reward, it makes sense for our representatives to allow more folks suffering from hearing loss easier access to devices that used to cost too much. With any luck, hearing aids will cause more listening – even in politics!